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Friday shooting death still under investigation

Investigators said Tuesday an autopsy did not show whether a man shot and killed Friday night is the victim of a homicide.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation autopsy showed that Isaac Lamont Telfair, 25, died from a shotgun blast to the upper torso, said Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police spokesman Sgt. Mike Wilson.

However, the autopsy did not show the origin of the gunfire. Detectives are waiting to conduct more interviews and process forensic evidence before making that ruling, Wilson said.

Telfair was one of four suspects in the shooting and robbery of Lester Seabrook, police said.

Seabrook, 41, remained listed in critical condition Tuesday night at Memorial Health University Medical Center, according to hospital spokesman Michael Notrica. Detectives have not yet talked to him.

Police on Friday night found Telfair dead inside a crashed Toyota Camry at Wheaton Street and Truman Parkway. He was accompanied by three companions. Police said they found a shotgun and a large amount of marijuana in the vehicle.

Detectives said Telfair and three accomplices robbed Seabrook inside his East 53rd Street home and then shot him. They fled in the Toyota, leading police on a chase through east Savannah. The chase ended with the wreck.

Police said Telfair was accompanied by John Antonio Bryan, Timothy Omar Fann and a teenage girl. The girl initially identified herself as 18-year-old Ashley Johnson. Police now have learned that was not her name and that the girl is only 15, Wilson said.

Bryant, Fann and the girl all face multiple charges, including aggravated assault, armed robbery and fleeing from police.

Fann, 27, and the girl remained in fair condition Tuesday night at Memorial. Both were under police guard.

Bryant, 22, is being held at the Chatham County jail.

Fatal Liberty City fire is ruled accidental

A candle sparked a house fire Saturday that killed a Liberty City man and injured three others, investigators said.